European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The stars and stripes a a Mhz 9 rugged Rig meet twister an eight wheel drive vehicle seen Here churning up Aham in California s Santa Cruz mountains. The High performance Rig developed for the Suhary by Lockheed can Cross rugged terrain at High speeds and climb 60-per-cent slopes with ease. The five ton machine has passed Tough two year tests. Award of Honor goes to army s safety program Washington special the department of the army has received the award of Honor from the National safety Council for outstanding safety achieve ments during the last year. The army received the award for the 20th time since 1943. The award is presented annually to government agencies and private Industrial firms for their achieve ments in three Fields reductions in Accident rates reductions i injury rates and reductions in costs per  Secretary of the army David e. Mcgiffert accepted theaward from safety Council presi Dent Howard Pyle on behalf of the entire army. He said that Many commands and staff Agen cies had contributed significantly nothing lost drops Washington special  enlisted members will Shefit from this year s second a per cent reduction in Mili a clothing prices at base Sale res if they hold off purchases Itil after july 1. A similar file in cent reduction was effective  male airmen receiving the Isic monthly clothing allow ice of $4.80, $5.70 for was Ith not More than 36 months vice the savings will be com Ite. However for the career Index members the savings ight be a washout since Thein Dard monthly allowance will. Reduced  male airmen with More an 36 months service the Stan Ford rate will drop from $7.20 $6.90 monthly to offset the.44 reduction in the Over All it of the clothing bag. For ifs with a $25.15 reduction in air clothing requirements the inward rate will drop from,70 to $8.40. Nine decreases altogether there Are nine de Lases and seven increases Long the male items. The men enjoy 10 decreases and re Are seven increases. An increase of $1.40 in there of the men s Wool Serge t is offset by a saving of $1.75the tropical worsted trousers ?1.65 on combat boots. A Ftp savings of $13.40 on then stateside service missile for Mac bases Honor guards Standard set up Scott fab 111. Special a regulation calling for standardized Honor guards at All Mili tary Airlift come bases is being developed by command officials. Honor guards will take part i ceremonies for distinguished visitors military funerals parades and similar activities. Members will be selected fro those who represent the finest traditions of the air Force indiscipline appearance and competence according to the regu lation. Volunteers will be Given  accessories will be Blue berets combat boots wit White laces and White gloves scarves and Aiguille Tes. Uniform name tags will be worn by All members of Honor guards in the command. Tags will include the individual s last name and either Honor guard color guard or precision Drill team de pending upon which Type of  will receive Specia privileges such As having thei names removed from mess Check and charge of quarters  addition command official Are studying possibility of a special Honor guard decal for Auto mobiles. This will give member special parking privileges a functions where they participate size of Honor guards will depend upon number of people on base and extent of civilian an military protocol activities. Generally each base Honor guar will consist of an officer com Mander a senior no one col guard and at least two squad of 16 to 20 men. Locations not final Washington special the department of defense has named three additional areas making a total of 13 areas Tobe surveyed As possible locations for the Sentinel system. The system which include the spartan and sprint missiles was approved last september for installation in the . The areas to be surveyed rein the vicinities of san Francisco Calif. Los Angeles Calif., and Sedalia  was emphasized that the areas Are not final choices and that the list is not Complete. Weighty problem gets watery solution study Brooks fab Tex. Special about 100 students attending flight nurse school will serve a subjects in water immersion studies planned Here this  studies Are being conducted by the aerospace medical re search laboratories Wright Pat Terson fab  Day 10 nurses will be totally immersed in water in Metal tank with oxygen supplied through an air Hose to a Mouth piece. Purpose of the studies is to obtain data on body fat con tent for biomedical study. A worsted coat and $4.0i the Raincoat. Another notable change in theist is the addition of the be Cott a polyester shirts5 each 10 cents higher. Deleted Chi be Blue Cotton a. The Cotton shirts May be 11 0cu 1971 Alsofrom the list is the Blue be name tape used on the hey uniforms. "�? Field mass. Eual maj. Gen. Joseph a or. Takes command of the h e ele Ronic system son a ust 1st, relieving John b Bestic whoop july 31 archbishop Cooke a chaplain at heart it Monmouth . Up archbishop Terence j. Cooke making his debut As vicar of the armed forces said he would rather stay on As military vicar if he had to Choos Between his military role and that Otai in Bishop of new  his first visit to a major military installation he told some 600 soldiers he is a pastor and a chaplain at  Cooke assumed his role us Jiuu from the late Francis Cardinal 11T".whom Cooke replaced As head of the new York  told faculty and students of the any signal school Here that he wants to go wherever the troops Are in the  and though he did not mention Vietnam by name to hinted of plans to be there next Christmas. Archbishop Cooke was asked during a ques Tion and answer session following his talk what he Felt were the causes of  week ago i would have been glad to answer that question he said. But he said that As a member of the president s com Mission on violence i do not feel i  said commission members had agreed to act As a team and that individual state ments were taboo. To the results which prompted the award. Among these commands and. Agencies were the surgeon Gen eral for efforts in the Fields of health and sanitation the chief of engineers for fire prevention and nuclear reactor safety thai director of army aviation for aviation safety the director of chemical biological radiological and nuclear operations for special weapons safety and the Provost  Overall army safety pro Gram is a responsibility of the Deputy chief of staff for person  achievements assume greater significance when viewed against the backdrop of rapid technological Materiel and personnel changes which increase the problems of safety Mcgiffert said. Norfolk a. Is five of nato s 15 National Days Are being marked this Mon that the Alliance s Headquarters supreme Allied com Mander Atlantic Salant  first Observance was held on june 2 when the 22ndanniversary of the italian re Public was marked. British vice adm. Sir David Clutterbuck Deputy Salant presented the italian colors to Navy capt. Arrigo Barbi italian Liaison officer at Sac  in line was the United kingdom on june 7 when the birthday of Queen Elizabeth ii was marked followed by Portugal june 10 Iceland june 17, and Luxembourg june 24.on each Holiday color ceremonies Are held at the head Quarter s Flag Plaza. The col ors of the respective nations Are presented then hoisted on the nato Headquarters Polo of Honor. � Washington is air Force military personnel officials have reported that the new personalized assignment system recently adopted for chief master sergeants e9s returning from overseas improving highly successful. Results covering the initial quarterly Cycle of May june and july returnees have Bee most revealing they said. A total of 317 assignment were completed since the pro Gram went into effect. Of this number 63.4 per cent were matched against one of their original forecast preferences and 17.7 per cent were matched against alternate locations offered in a secondary forecast. Almost 19 per cent received a planned assign ment where alternative choices could not be provided to satisfy any of the preferences. The air Force said it plans to include assignments for senior master sergeants e8s returning from overseas Dur ing the october returnee Cycle. I widows get i kill Washington special the House veterans Commil Teo has approved a i  for wives of men killed or totally disabled in the service. The Bill would make educational benefits Avail Able to widows of men who die from service connected causes